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Tape Shows Marine Hostage in Iraq(God help him)
FOX NEWS ^ | Sunday, June 27, 2004 | staff

Posted on 06/27/2004 2:16:30 PM PDT by dinok

BAGHDAD, Iraq — An Arab satellite TV network broadcast a videotape Sunday showing a blindfolded man in military fatigues and said he was a U.S. Marine taken hostage in Iraq.

There was no immediate comment from the U.S. military, but the video showed a card identifying the man by a Pakistani name and as an "active duty" Marine. The man had a trimmed moustache and his eyes were covered with a white blindfold.

The Al-Jazeera network said the group claimed it infiltrated a Marine outpost, lured the man outside and abducted him. The station said the group demanded the release of all Iraqis "in occupation jails" or the man would be killed.

The group identified itself as "Islamic Response," the security wing of the "1920 Revolution Brigades" referring to the uprising against the British after World War I.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hostages; iraq; marines; terror
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To: dinok
An Arab satellite TV network broadcast a videotape Sunday showing a blindfolded man in military fatigues

Can't the US military install some type of secret chip under the skin of each and every soldier, something that could be tracked by satellite or AWAC's plane.

Isn't that type of technology available.

Maybe something hidden in their boots, or clothes.

Maybe that's why the terrorists put different clothes on their captors.

Still, isn't there some type of device which a soldier could activate manually on his uniform or something if he is being taken hostage?

121 posted on 06/27/2004 7:06:58 PM PDT by Edit35
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To: wimpycat

Do we know exactly when he deserted? Is he connected to the 4 marines killed in an ambush on the 21st? If he is related to their unit, and is the cause of the ambush, that would explain a little about how they were cut down.

I hate thinking like that, but this is strange, and we've seen bad apples turn on their own already. (Akbar or whatever his name was).


122 posted on 06/27/2004 7:08:11 PM PDT by cgk (3000+ 9/11. Pearl, Fallujah, Berg, Jacobs, Scroggs, Johnson, Sun-il... Never forget. Never Again!)
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To: SheLion

Thank you for posting that picture. Another one that people need to see more of.


123 posted on 06/27/2004 7:08:58 PM PDT by cgk (3000+ 9/11. Pearl, Fallujah, Berg, Jacobs, Scroggs, Johnson, Sun-il... Never forget. Never Again!)
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To: little jeremiah
As a retired teacher, I don't know of any school that doesn't receive federal funds in some way -- even at the college level. That was how they got West Point, the Citadel, Air Force Academy, etc. to become co-ed. There may be a private school or college that doesn't accept funds, but I don't know which one it would be.
124 posted on 06/27/2004 8:21:25 PM PDT by Humal
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To: Humal

The system is rotten to the core, and it's hard to imagine how it could turn around. Kind of like the Titanic, doesn't turn on a dime. It may take a crash to fix things.


125 posted on 06/27/2004 8:45:20 PM PDT by little jeremiah (http://www.mikegabbard.com - a REAL conservative running for Congress from Hawaii!)
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To: Lady Jag
What degree of narrowing down would you get if you could tell it was the new fatigues?

Well, the military is bringing out new and improved fatigues. Although they aren't on the backs of our troops yet. There already seems to be several types worn by the different branches. It's the black T shirt that threw me.

I woke this morning to a spokesman in his family speaking about his capture. I pray for the Marine and his family.

126 posted on 06/28/2004 5:52:12 AM PDT by SheLion (Please register to vote! We can't afford to remain silent!!)
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To: dinok
Prayer Wheel For Our Military - With Photos
127 posted on 06/28/2004 5:59:46 AM PDT by SheLion (Please register to vote! We can't afford to remain silent!!)
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To: little jeremiah
"Sometimes I think the only thing that will save this country if people quit paying taxes en masse."

. . .and no Democrat should ever be elected; selected or appointed to a position of political power. Period.

128 posted on 06/28/2004 7:34:21 AM PDT by cricket
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To: Rome2000

Thanks for these pics...they speak volumes.

Few people know of the Nazi-Arab connection. The Arabs have been smart not to go around wavinbg swastikas. But their ways are very alike. The Palestinian youth Tanzim are like the Hitler Youth. same concept.

The Arab culture of death will not change with out changing the teaching of hatred in the3 schools.


129 posted on 06/28/2004 3:31:14 PM PDT by dinok
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